Inductive grammar teaching produced significantly higher post-test grammar achievement than deductive teaching among Jordanian elementary-stage EFL students¶
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q2 i? Elementary students taught grammar inductively scored significantly higher on the grammar post-test than students taught deductively (T = 2.769, significant at α≤0.09). → Alzu'bi 2015
Evidence¶
Alzu'bi 2015¶
Mohammad Akram Alzu'bi. (2015). Effectiveness of Inductive and Deductive Methods in Teaching Grammar. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.6n.2p.187
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Quasi-experimental comparison of two elementary school sections (n = 20 inductive, n = 20 deductive) taught for about one month with daily 45-minute periods. The inductive group's post-test mean was 36.45 versus 28.95 for the deductive group; no effect size is printed.
"Table 4 indicates that the T value of grammar was 2.769. It is statistically significant at ( α≤0, 09). Thus, the null hypothesis which stated that there is no statistically significant difference at ( α≤0, 09) in the mean scores of grammar between the two groups was rejected."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Syntax — outcome: instruction changes it
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